Global Lords: I Have Information System-Chapter 539 - 379: The Tavern’s Heritage, Magic Storage Box
Zong Shen quickly relayed the hint information to Wenresa.
The two split into two groups and began their actions simultaneously.
Wenresa was responsible for searching for Evans' wealth and treasure chest inside the mansion of the estate.
Meanwhile, Zong Shen followed the clear guidance of the golden arrow towards the location of the estate's wine cellar.
This wine cellar refers to the old wine cellar from decades ago.
Zong Shen first left the estate from a semi-balcony, then walked left towards another direction of the mansion.
The golden arrow pointed vertically down to the ground at a spot right next to the mansion.
Yet that piece of ground seemed to be just ordinary turf.
However, since the strategy guided him here, there was no mistake.
Zong Shen seemed to hesitate for a moment.
A line of golden text appeared immediately.
The content was quite concise.
(1.37 meters below, dig)
It seemed that the old wine cellar was indeed buried underground.
No wonder Evans hadn't discovered it all these years.
At this moment, Zong Shen couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Master Mars' ancestors.
Although the struggle failed, they at least preserved most of their wealth.
Zong Shen waved his hand and took out a mining pickaxe; without a shovel, he always used the mining pickaxe to dig.
Fortunately, his strength was powerful enough; with the blessing of brute force, his digging efficiency was equally astonishing.
Each swing of the pickaxe dug up a large chunk of soil.
He deliberately preserved the turf.
He peeled the turf off the ground in whole pieces and set them aside.
They say great strength brings miracles; it took less than two minutes for Zong Shen to uncover the entrance to the wine cellar.
This spot had clearly been artificially altered.
The wooden framework was chiseled away by one layer, and the entrance was completely sealed with a smooth stone slab.
On this basis, the soil was filled to level, and turf was then replanted, making any conspicuous flaws undetectable from the ground.
Unless the entire estate was dug three feet deep for large-scale work.
This scenario isn't impossible, but considering the balance, this was already the best method.
It shows that Master Mars' ancestors were anything but dumb.
Zong Shen inserted the broadsword into the edge of the stone slab and pried it open.
With his strength, he directly loosened the stone slab along with the surrounding soil layer.
After the stone slab was lifted, it revealed an entrance about 1.5 meters wide.
Through the light, one could see that a small portion of the wooden stairs below the entrance had been chiseled away.
This was part of the original wine cellar stairs.
They were chiseled away to remodel and hide the entrance.
After glancing downwards, Zong Shen directly jumped down.
The structure of those wooden stairs had already been damaged.
Combined with the erosion of time, the remaining stairs could not support Zong Shen's weight at all.
"Crack-crack..."
The remaining wooden stairs collapsed directly, fortunately, the wine cellar wasn't very high.
After digging down over a meter, the wine cellar was only less than two meters in height.
Zong Shen landed steadily on the ground, with the wooden debris scattered everywhere.
The dust settled for many years swirled up as Zong Shen landed.
Zong Shen held his breath, took out the magic power flashlight, and took a couple of steps forward.
Around him were half person-high oak barrels.
Besides these barrels, there was a long row of wine racks on both sides.
Divided into individual diamond-shaped storage grids, most of the grids had bottles of wine inside.
The wine bottles here were all made of transparent glass, mostly round in shape.
The reason was simple, as the manufacturing difficulty of round bottles is lower than square ones, and the yield rate is higher.
This world still doesn't have automated glass production lines.
Manufacturing glass requires a certain level of alchemy technology.
Most cheap wine wouldn't come in glass bottles at all.
They would only use wooden barrels or leather pouches for storage.
Using glass bottles essentially meant good wine.
Just the value of these wines was already substantial.
Moreover, all these wines preserved until now were considered decades-old vintage.
In this light-proof, sealed, relatively constant temperature and humidity environment, these wines have been very well preserved.
Zong Shen didn't have time to look closely, just glanced slightly and began to collect them wildly.
These wines were all excellent level at the very least.
Some were even of rare level.
Of course, about one-tenth of the wines had suffered from some loss with spoilage and contamination.
This rate of loss was within Zong Shen's expectations.
After a round of collecting, Zong Shen's storage grid was occupied by 12 slots.
This meant he had obtained 12 different kinds of wines.
Including six massive oak barrels and a total of 117 bottles of various glass bottled wines.
The oak barrels were all filled with finely crafted wine.
Because of the added years, they became excellent quality vintages. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
In the winemaking world on Earth, there's a slang.
Time is the most difficult variable to grasp and control.
But it is also the best brewer.
And the biggest cost in making fine wines.
Zong Shen had once seen this phrase accidentally, and now when he harvested so many vintages.
He didn't know why this phrase suddenly came to mind.
Anyway, Zong Shen just wanted to thank time and praise time now.
With this batch of vintages, the tavern in the territory could be officially set up.
A qualified tavern must have a number of vintages as its highlight.
The brewery had already been built before.
